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Texas Art Teacher Certification Exam

Subjects : teaching, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. An Italian movement begun shortly before and during WWI. It depicted dynamic movement and stressed the violence and speed of the Machine Age. They advocated revolution and glorified war.(Balla - Severini - Boccioni)






2. A philosophical doctrine and literary and dramatic movement that insists on the existence of individuals as basic and important. believes that the world is inhernetly meaningless and individuals must find meaning in their literal - concrete existence






3. Method of painting in which the colors are mixed with egg yolk or other substances - instead of oil






4. Application of potassium sulphide






5. Emphasis of this architecture is on the horizontal






6. Produces a red dye - the chemical name for rust






7. A loom with an attachment for forming openings for the passage of the shuttle between the warp threads - French inventor of the Jacquard loom that could automatically weave complicated patterns (1752-1834)






8. French painter who was an early cubist (1881-1955) - Influences include hard sharp precision of a machine age






9. A plain woven lightweight - extremely sheer - airy - and soft silk fabric - containing highly twisted filament yarns. The fabric - used mainly in evening dresses and scarves - can also be made from rayon and other manufactured fibers






10. Material used to imbed rings - bracelets - necklaces -etc when making hand-wrought jewelry






11. Term used to describe the many degrees of shading between black and white






12. Journalist who questioned the policies of the governor of New York in the 1700's. He was jailed; he sued - and this court case was the basis for our freedom of speech and press. He was found not guilty.






13. Pottery that has been fired but not yet glazed.






14. Made possible by the contrariety between grease and water - printing produced through the use of ink on a flat surface (e.g. - stone or metal - A print produced by a printing process in which a smooth surface is treated so that the ink will adhere on






15. A coarse - inexpensive - woven fabric; often used for making grain sacks






16. In lithography - a waxy substance used to draw or paint images on a lithographic stone or plate






17. Wrought iron - hammered copper - painted tin NOT pewter






18. Watercolor with inert white pigment mixed in. Inert pigment is pigment that becomes colorless or virtually colorless paint. In gouache - it serves to make the color opaque - which means it is used at full length - watercolor mixed with a high concent






19. A decorative design made of one material sewn over another






20. Network Interface Card; the device that enables a workstation to connect to the network and communicate with other computers.






21. Italian 'light-dark'. The gradation of light and dark values in two-dimensional imagery; especially the illusion of rounded - three-dimensional form created through gradations of light and shade rather than line.






22. A style of abstractionism popular in the 1960s - modern technique with which a painter creates optical illusions with the use of dazzling patterns - abstract art athat uses geometric shapes and vivid colors to create optical illusions - such as an il






23. A matted tangle of hair or fiber






24. Printmaking where the design is scratched into the steel plate with a hard - steel tool






25. Joining of two metals above 800F (most common) - the process of joining metal with a filler rod that melts at a temperature below the metal being joined - Uses a molten filler metal to crate joints. Capillary action is required to distribute the fill






26. Fastening two pieces of metal together by softening with heat and applying pressure - Fusing two pieces of material using a heat process; most commonly used with metal and plastics






27. Renowned for paintings and prints






28. Term used to visualize a recreation of audio-video






29. Pale green






30. Shading consisting of multiple crossing lines






31. French Painter - who started his career as a caricaturist - then converted to landscape painting by his early mentor Boudin. From 1890 he concentrated on series of pictures in which he painted the same subject at different times of the day in differe






32. Creates blue dye






33. A water-base paint made with casein (which is a protein precipitated from milk)






34. Technique of ornamenting in which small grains of metal - usually gold - are soldered to a flat surface






35. An artistic movement that sought to capture a momentary feel - or impression - of the piece they were drawing - An artistic movement that sought to capture a momentary feel - or impression - of the piece they were drawing






36. The threads running from side to side across a fabric; wool






37. A solid screen - covered with icons - at the front of the church - dividing the sanctuary from the body of the building.






38. The amount of light reflected by a hue






39. Something that supports a sculpture






40. A plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder - which in turn transfers it to the paper






41. Enameling technique - used more gold and less color than cloisonne. Starts with thick gold piece - cut tiny troughs wherever want color to be - gold is most prominent in end - rarely has patterns engraved.






42. Process of smoothing metal surface witha flat or slightly round-faced hammer






43. A fabric-dyeing method which uses wax to coat areas that don't need to be dyed






44. Processes designed to produce tonal effects






45. Date: 1839-1906 Important: Painted Mount Saint Victoire in Aix en- Provence over 60 times. Each painting is different b/c of angle and light -Trust your own eyes - and fanatic for the truth -Light- vibrations of color-Like an impressionist- heavy han






46. Formed in relief by beating a metal plate from the back - leaving the impression on the face






47. To raise a relief design on the surface of paper through pressure-raised paper to form image - with or without ink printed






48. Joining small pieces of metal together using molten metal - bonding metals and alloys that melt at temperatures below 840






49. Which emphasized the artist's free expression of emotion - flourished in Germany in the year immediately prior to the outbreak of World War I. Georges Rouault (1871-1958) - a French painter - is regarded as this type of painter. Portrayal of reality






50. Incised engraving - the process of printing from engraved plates - a printing process that uses an etched or engraved plate - ex: the plate is smeared with ink and Then wiped clean. The ink left in the recesses is what makes the print.